Proof sheet including eight photos showing the Dunes Arabian Room while it was under construction.

]]>Photograph of the south side of Fremont Street (Las Vegas), summer of 1942http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/sky,1002014-05-01T00:00:00-07:00

A view of the south side of Fremont Street showing the Oasis Cafe, Fraternal Order of the Eagles (F.O.E.) building, and the Frontier Club. This is the present location of the Golden Nugget. Handwritten text on original: "South side of Fremont Street between First & Second. Present location of Golden Nugget. Taken in summer of 1942. Howard J Werner"'

]]>Photograph of a rendering of the Hacienda (Bakersfield), interior floor plan perspective of the private club, July 9, 1956http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/sky,10012012-07-24T00:00:00-07:00

Conceptual drawings for the private club in the Bakersfield Hacienda from 1956.

Workers installing the now-famous Vegas Vic sign on the front of the Pioneer Club. Stamped on back of photo: "Photo by Desert Sea News Bureau. Las Vegas, Nevada." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "First Highrise Hotel -- Center of action downtown throughtout the '30s was the Apache Hotel which boasted an elevator and a nitery downstairs. The corner is now Binion's Horseshoe, but the spot has undergone many name changes from Tony Cornero's 'S.S. Rex' to the Eldorado where the mobs were fighting for control of the race wire. Bugsy Siegel's influence was first felt here in the early '40s."

]]>Photograph of a parade on Fremont Street (Las Vegas), 1948http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/sky,1122012-07-02T00:00:00-07:00

Transcribed from original: "Circa 1948. A Shrine band marches down Fremont Street during an early parade." This parade was in support of the 1948 elections, as indicated by the banner in the photo, urging citizens to vote Democratic: Harry S. Truman for President, Alben W. Barkley for Vice-President, and Walter S. Baring, Jr. for Congress. The following buildings and signs can be seen in the photograph: Overland Hotel; Pioneer Club; Club Savoy; Boulder Club; Eldorado; Golden Nugget Saloon.

]]>Photograph of men building the Sands Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1952http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/sky,11232012-07-06T00:00:00-07:00

Three men consulting a blueprint during the construction of the Sands. The following names were listed as photographers: Joe Buck, Don English and David Lees.